Chinese architecture : a history /

Title:: Chinese architecture : a history /
Author:: Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman, author.
Format:: Book, Image
Institution:: MassArt
Contents:: Introduction. Beyond the Forbidden City -- Genesis of Chinese buildings and cities -- Architecture of the First Emperor and his predecessors -- Han architecture -- An age of turmoil: Three Kingdoms, two Jins, Sixteen States -- Northern Dynasties and Southern Dynasties -- Sui and Tang: architecture for empires -- Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms -- Grandeur and magnificence under Liao and Western Xia -- The Chinese building standards -- Song elegance and Jin opulence -- The Chinese city between Tang and Ming -- The Mongol century -- The Chinese imperial city and its architecture, Ming and Qing -- Late imperial architecture in Chinese style -- Convergences: Lamaist, Dai, Islamic -- Garden and house -- China comes to Europe, Europe comes to China, Chinese students come to the United States -- Conclusion. Resolving the forbidden city.

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